spa and wellness

Your best Mother’s Day

Put down the petrol-station bouquet. Step away from the £2.99 box of chocolates. Here's how to wow Mum this Mother's Day. (If you're Mum, it's absolutely fine to print this out and leave it around the house, email it to everybody's phone, and have it open on all your browsers.)
‘Forest bathing’ at Nymans

Heard about the Japanese wellness concept of Forest Bathing? You can try led and self guided sessions At Nymans this spring
The Beauty Island Sanctuary

Shed your winter self with a pamper at this super spa right opposite Worthing railway station.
Super-special spa breaks

25 fabulous spas for a day or weekend of indulgence around the Muddy Counties
New mums’ retreat comes to Sussex (with a Muddy discount!)

If you’re a new mum, or you know one, then listen up. Australian wellness retreat Motherground, aimed specifically at new mums (first or subsequent times round) and their babies up to 18 months, is coming to the UK for the first time with a one off at Brooklands Barn, Arundel this October. We’re talking on-site […]
A makeover for Chichester’s Q Hair & Beauty

Q Hair & Beauty in Chichester has been around for 44 years, so it’s fair to say that a) it must be doing something really right and b) it’s had a fair few refreshes in that time. The latest upgrade was unveiled just last week, with the whole first floor ‘Drawing Room’ salon decked out […]
We have a winner!!

Well, I think it’s safe to say that the Muddy Stoke Park spa break competition was popular! Over 2000 entries and a lot of finger crossing, but Christina St Croix obviously worked her toes too, because she has snaffled the luxe spa break for two for the night. You lucky, lucky (*sob*) lucky lady. So it’s […]
Win a fabulous £1,000 spa break!!!

In I float, in a sparkly fairy dress, waving my magic wand – brrrrrrriiing! – giving you the chance to win the kind of prize I’d sell Prince Charming for. Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire is the hotel where Bridget Jones romped on the four poster with Daniel Carver; where Daniel Craig smouldered in Layer Cake; where James Bond […]
Discover cool Sussex brands through Pop-Up Horsham

Now here’s a great idea – use an empty high street shop to showcase some of the county’s cool independent businesses. Pop-Up Horsham has been based at the town’s Swan Walk shopping centre for six months, inviting up to seven Sussex brands at a time to display their wares. Every month there’s a change over so different enterprises can […]